slide scan from the NK collection. - Ariana bought this Boeing 727 from World in 1971 and kept it in their fleet until October 2001, when it was destroyed by a bomb raid at Kabul. The colours were occasionally adjusted for some leases to other airlines; otherwise, the scheme remained unchanged, only the Afghan flag disappeared in later years.

Bought by Ariana in 6.71, YA-FAW was leased in summer 1981 and 1982 to Dan-Air as G-BIUR and to Kabo Air between those periods as TF-FLJ. Destroyed during a US raid on Kabul in 10.01